Anthony Meaning

What does Anthony mean?

It consists of 7 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced An-tho-nee.

The Given Name Anthony

The name Anthony is derived from the old Roman family name Antonius which is probably of Etruscan origin.

The name was origianlly spelled without an "h", Antony. The letter "h" was inserted in the seventeenth century, under the mistaken belief that the name derived from the Greek word anthos meaning "flower".

One of the most famous members of the family, Marcus Antonius or Mark Antony (83-30 BC), was a general who ruled the Roman Empire jointly with Octavian and Lepidus, in the Second Triumvirate.

Known for his tumultuous political and personal life, discord between Octavian and Antony, broke up the triumvirate and caused a civil war. As depicted in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, he and his lover Cleopatra committed suicide after his repeated military defeats against Octavian.